Sources for MONTFORD

This guide gives a brief introduction to the variety of sources available for the parish of Montford at Shropshire Archives. Printed books:.

General works - These may also be available at Shrewsbury library

Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society Shropshire Magazine Trade Directories which give a history of the town, main occupants and businesses, 1828-1941 Victoria County History of Shropshire – Volume X Parish Packs Maps Monumental Inscriptions Various websites such as Secret Shropshire and Routes to Roots – please ask staff about these

Small selection of more specific books (search http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk for a more comprehensive list)

E64 Reading Room History of Shrewsbury Hundred or Liberties – Blakeway and Fletcher q C05 A tale of Montford Bridge: toll houses and Shropshire musk rats – J Cook in Shropshire Unfolded, March 2003, p14 q C29 The West Midland Airfields – Angus Dunphy

Field Name Map from www.secretshropshire.org.uk website

Sources on microfiche or film:

Parish and non-conformist church registers

Baptisms Marriages / Banns Burials St Chad’s church 1661-1774, 1661-1972 / 1757-1812 & 1823-1933 1661-1809 1785-1809 1883-1920 1813-1871 Forton Heath Methodist chapel 1945-1970 1904-1987 originals only None originals only Methodist records - see Methodist Circuit Records (Reader’s Ticket needed)

Census returns 1841, 1851(indexed), 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Census returns for the whole country to 1911 are on the Ancestry (on people’s network pcs)

Maps Ordnance Survey maps 25” to the mile and 6 “to the mile, c1880, c1901 (OS reference: old series XXIII.3-4 new series SJ 4114) Tithe map of c 1840 and apportionment (list of owners/occupiers)

Newspapers Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1772 onwards Shropshire Star, 1964 onwards Archives: To see these sources you need a Shropshire Archives Reader's Ticket. You can search many of the catalogues online at: http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk

P192 Montford Parish Records

School Records – there may be restrictions on accessing some school records due to data protection ED3346/2/7 – Manager’s minutes

Records of Local Authorities and Institutions PL1 Atcham Union Workhouse records DA16 Atcham Rural District Council Records – these are held off-site please request in advance Q Quarter Sessions

Estate records 552 Powis Collection including: 552/8/3 – Estate particulars 1799 552/10/881 – Bailiff’s accounts 1836-1845 552/11/2942-2946 – Rentals 1887-1917 See www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr for manorial records

Other records Wills for Shropshire post 1858 (pre 1858 – see Lichfield Diocesan Record Office) Photographs and Postcards And much much more!

Shropshire Archives Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AQ, tel 01743 255350, fax 01743 255355 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.shropshirearchives.org.uk